Stove-grate



(No Model.)

.Afw ELDRBDGE. Stove Grate.

Patented June 7, 1881;,4

N. PETERS. Phalo-Lilhagruphr. Wnihingnn. D. C.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO W. ELDBEDGE, OF BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

` sTovE-GRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,518, dated June 7, 1881.

Application filed February 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALONZO W. ELDREDGE, ot' Big Rapids, in the county of Mecosta and State ot' Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Stove-Grates and Fire-Pots, ot' which the following is a speccation.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of grates and {ire-pots for cylindrically-shaped heatingstoves; and the invention consists in the peculiarities ot' construction and operation, and in the combinations, as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure l is a vertical and central section of my improved tire pot and grate. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section on the line2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an outline elevation ot' the grate detached.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specitcation, A represents a tirepot ot a basket t'orm, and which may be either perforated or impert'oratc, as desired. Below the central opening in the bottom of this tirepot is supported a liat or channeled ring, B, by means of hanging suppoi ts E from the lirepot above, or by means of lugs or supports springing from the inner walls ot' the ash-pit of the stove wherein the device is used.

C is the grate, composed of hars either cast or Wrought and substantially of the shape shown. The bars radiate from the top, and their bottom ends, a, turn outwardly through the space between the bottom ot' the tire-pot and the ring B. At the contracted point b the bars are secured to a ring, D, the lower edge of which rests upon the ring B, so that it can be rotated upon said ring by any of the various well-known means to shake the re.

By this construction of a grate thehody ot' the re may be kept comparatively thin, and air to sustain a perfect combustion may be introduced to all parts ofthe tire and the whole depth of the {ire-pot. B v this construction, also, the same quantity of coal will fill a much larger tire-pot, thereby increasing the radiating-surface to be heated by a given amount ot' fuel.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with the stationary tirepot A, the dome-shaped grate U, rising vertically nearly parallel with the tire-pot and extending horizontally under and past the same, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the ring B, suspended by arms E from the stationary tire pot A, the grate C, provided with a ring, I), resting on said ring B and forming a bearing on which the grate maybe rotated, substantially as specilied.

ALONZO W. ELDREDGE.

- Witnesses:

A. BARTHEL, H. S. SPRAGUE. 

